A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen was hauled off a plane about to fly to the Middle East and arrested in the failed attempt to explode a bomb-laden SUV in Times Square, authorities said Tuesday. One official said he claimed to have acted alone.

He'll turn out to be innocent just like the shoe bomber was. But will be a page A16 errata box and no one will know. This is just more STAASI Homeland Security propaganda to justify its own existance and let "conservatives" find a way to support larger intrusive government.